We posted this piece a couple of weeks ago, and your responses have been amazing! We’ve chosen our 10 best and put together a gallery that you can see here–including the top entry, which won a free iPod for Beliefnet reader Evelyn W Voehringer. The contest is now over, but we invite you to continue sharing your inspiring stories how your lives were changed by encounters with strangers.

Has your life ever been changed by an encounter with a stranger? Tell us about it, and you’ll be entered to win a free iPod loaded with episodes of TNT’s “Saving Grace.”
In the series, Grace Hanadarko, played by Holly Hunter, is living hard, drinking a lot, and sleeping around. Her life is on a downward spiral, with no end in sight for her destructive behavior. Then one night, while driving drunk, she slams into a pedestrian–and meets Earl, an angel who has come to save Grace from herself, whether she wants to be saved or not. Earl’s got his challenge ahead of him, but he doesn’t give up on Grace.
Have you ever had a life-changing experience with a stranger? Use the comments box below to tell us about it, and the best answer submitted by December 5 will win the iPod. The top 10 answers, as judged by Idol Chatter editors, will be featured in a special gallery on Beliefnet.
To see all of Beliefnet’s “Saving Grace” features, click here.
For the full contest rules, click here.